My identity wouldn’t be so secret if I told you all of it so I will divulge my first name only; it is Kelly . I work for a catalog company called "Support Plus." They provide products for the elderly: walkers, canes, support hose, and all that jazz. I run the returns department mainly but I help out in all areas, a jack of all trades if you will, from customer service to shipping orders, I do it all *grin*
How did you get into Gameamp? What brought you here and what kept you here?
It all started on a snowy winter night in December 2005. I was looking online for badges and Google brought up Gameamp. I was so impressed by the badge pages, I decided to troll around the website and I saw it the Christmas costume contest. I just had to enter so I made an account so I could. I guess I can thank Firespray for getting me hooked on Gameamp. He was the one who put that contest together. I didn’t win or even make the top 3 but it was fun. I was looking at the forums and decided to post some things and I enjoyed the community so much, I never left. I was honored in May of 2006 when thejeni asked me to be staff. Ron gave me the job of running the contests for the CoV page. At first I was nervous because I had never done anything like that before, but once I warmed up to it, I’ve been having fun ever since.
What do you like most about the City of Heroes/City of Villains games?
I like the diversity of the characters, powers, and costume design, and that you could meet lots of people from all around the world. I have met many friends from CoX and sometimes at the end of a rough day, its nice to go beat on some skulls to get that aggravation out.
What's your favorite archetype and why?
Well my favorite archetype for CoH is Defenders. I love the Dark/Dark or the Rad/Empathy mix; I am a healer at heart. My level 50 hero is a Rad/Empathy Defender.
For CoV I would have to go with the Dominator. The Plant/Thorn powerset is my favorite. That’s where my screen name on Gameamp came from; my main villain is Villainess Vines: a level 50 plant thorn Dominator .
What do you like to do while you're gaming, if anything?
Well while I am gaming I tend to put the television on in the backround. I multi-task, lol. My favorite shows right now are "Family Guy," "Law & Order," and "Heroes."
When you're not out saving citizens or causing mayhem in banks, what do you do with your free time?
I like to hang with my friends and watch movies or play cards (yes I do step away from the key board every now and again). I also do a lot of Cross-stitching. I love making baby blankets for my friends and family.
What other games do you like to play? MMO's, console games...whatever. I play Cox and WoW right now.
If you had a million dollars, what would be the first thing you did with it?
Wow...first thing I would do is quit my job *grin*, then I would buy a house and a new car. I would probably donate some to charity . I would also get the best gaming computer on the market and probably play a lot more on Cox and WoW.
If you could be anywhere else in the world other than where you are now, where would it be and why?
I would love to go to Ireland. I would love to see all the pretty scenery there. I love all those ghost stories and faerie folklore and would be nice to see it first hand.
Do you stick to a few loyal characters or are you an alt-aholic? How many characters do you have total?
I am an Alt-aholic but while I do have a level 50 on both games, I tend to create tons of alts to play around with power sets. If I had to take a wild guess at how many toons I have, I would say about 25 but I mainly play about 5 of them.
And now for a little section I like to call... This or That
Marvel or DC
DC
CoH or CoV
CoX I can’t choose I love them both
Mac or PC
PC
X-Box or Playstation
Playstation
Widescreen or Fullscreen
Full Screen
Summer or Winter
Neither I like the Fall the best
Blue Pen Ink or Black Pen Ink
Black
Chocolate or Vanilla
Vanilla
Coke or Pepsi
Coke
Transformers or GI Joe
Transformers
Canada or Mexico
Canada
Captain America or Iron Man
Captain America
Coffee or Tea
Tea
Backstreet Boys or N'Sync
N’Sync
Football or Baseball
Baseball
Thanks to Villainess Vines for taking the time to help us kick off the interviews again! Hopefully we've all learned something interesting about or fellow amper. Now remember boys & girls, if you do your part to help around the community and show your Gameamp colors, you just might be the next one being interviewed!
Great interview. Plenty of luscious factoids about Viv that I can most definitely use in the very near future.
Although I'm surprised you didn't get creative with your "This or That" questions VV. While of course some of them are no-brainers (I'm looking at you "Canada or Mexico") the others offered plenty of room to be creative and show your Ge3k Ski1lz. Everyone knows that when choosing between "Captain America or Iron Man" it's always nice to pick "America Man" just because you can. Lawl. I'm done.
P.S. I also enjoyed the seemingly random insert of red text right after the "Summer or Winter" question.
